Avery Old Jubilation Ale

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Color is reddish brown. Thin off-white head with good retention. Aroma is caramel and sweet malts. Flavor is similar, but with a good amount of hoppiness. Moderately alcoholic and dry in the finish. Like most Avery beers, it tends a little toward the sweet side. But still a very nice winter brew.

This brown pour has an off white head. It smells of sweet dark fruit. The taste is light and smooth like a good bread with subtle sweet notes and a kick of alcohol. One fine pour.

Bottle: Pours a deep amber with a finger of creamy beige head. Thick lacing. Smells of piney hops, light citrus, and a touch bready. Flavor is hoppy yet sweet from a source other than citrus. A brown sugary, caramel type sweetness... Toffee and light bready notes. Finish is a sweet and hoppy flourish. I found this to be extremely enjoyable and would have this again any time.

Mini growler from Half-Time. Pours a clear red brown with a hefty light tan head. Lots of malt, caramel, toffee, and toast on the nose. Medium bodied and a little sweet, with hints of cereal grains. Nice warming malt finish with just a touch of hoppy bitterness.

THOUGHTS: Nice until the finish. This will really warm you up on a cold night. A little harsh, but it’ll probably age well and smooth out a little. I think I’ll put a couple away until next year, or at least until a freezing cold night this winter. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, very dark, brownish amber with a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. There were also tiny particles in the body. The aroma was moderate to heavy nutty malt, very light molasses, raisins, toffee, alcohol, whiskey, hazelnut and when it warmed, light orange hops. The flavor started rather sweet and slightly bitter, and finished bitter, alcoholic and a little acidic with an average to long duration. There was caramel, whiskey, chocolate, coffee, some metallic hops and alcohol. The medium body was a little oily with tingly carbonation and a metallic and light to moderate alcoholic finish.

Dark amber red in color with a small beige head. Aroma is of nuts, caramel and toffee. Taste is of sweet malt, caramel, a light buttered toffee and spicy hops.

35cl bottle, no datings. Slightly flakey ruby red, firm beige head with little lacing. Good strongly nutty malty aroma, some dark dried fruits, liquorice, faint rye, nicely warming. Similar strongly caramelly flavor, herbal hops, liquorice, syrupiness. Finishes with mild warming alcohol, wood and some rust. Almost full bodied, strong lush carbonation. Whoa, just warmed me up inside out, pretty close to a BW even.

Draft 4 oz. Beer Flight at Old Chicago in Peoria, IL. Dark amber color. Roasty chocolate comes out as it warms. You can really taste the alcohol here.